Cups printer config.

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 14 April 2006 14:28, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> >>    I seem to have had this problem for ages but never did anything about
> >> it, If I try to change a setting in http://localhost:631/admin I get
> >> this error : 'server-error-internal-error' and the change does not
> >> happen,anybody know how to fix it.
> >
> > http://localhost:631/admin options are mirrored in the other choices on
> > the http://localhost:631 screen, What happens if you try one of the
> > others , such as Manage Printers? What exactly are you trying to change
> > at http://localhost:631/admin? There is nothing to change there.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean.
> I seem to get a whole lot of things I could change on this page,
> eg add printer, manager printer, etc.
> I'm asked for my CUPS login name and password when I try to do anything,
> which I recall don't ever giving.
> However, it seems to allow me to proceed with my own name and password,
> which seems bizarre.
>
> CUPS is a marvelous system when it is working,
> but it is perversely difficult to set up.
> It must have been designed by an alien.
>
Tim, have you tried logging in as root?  On my system any changes have to be 
done by root.

Anne
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